Poem by: Caroline Levine Choices come to every manand what is done is yours to plan.For you know well the truth in action,but truth is never your reaction. And seldom has a day gone bywhere you stopped to wonder whythose around you have no shame, when it’s all you’ve to your name. So, when success is … Continue reading The Average Person
Category: Poetry & Prose
Home for the Holidays
Written by: Sophia Eberhard Copyedited by: Marguerite Andrich It’s 6AM when I roll my overstuffed suitcase down the sidewalk to my beat-up Toyota. Rays of sunlight are just starting to peak over the horizon. Half-asleep, I start fumbling through my pockets for my car keys. “It’s way too early for this,” I grumble to myself. I … Continue reading Home for the Holidays
Gathering (Poetry for a Digital Era 1)
Poem by: Noah Towbin Everything is dark, At least it feels that way. Someone else should be here, But all I know is myself. The silence is oppressive, And nothing, nobody moves to end it. I hear only the dearth of sound, I see only my reflection in the darkness. Then, as if prompted by … Continue reading Gathering (Poetry for a Digital Era 1)
Love Letter to UF
Written by: Taylor DiPietro Copyedited by: Jordan Harrow To the View Outside My Window, I see Simpson Hall and the intersection of Museum and some road that isn’t long enough to have a name. There’s a large, elegant pine tree with its spanish moss swaying gently in the breeze. I wonder how long it has … Continue reading Love Letter to UF
Vous Verrez
Poem by: Caroline Levine Vous Verrez Parfois on voit la tragédie. On pense à la haine et à la maladie. Dansant dans le noir de la nuit, on ne voit pas tout on suit. On reste timide comme la lune de laquelle, l’amour--il n’y a aucune! La ciel est tout seul pendant ce temps tempétueux, … Continue reading Vous Verrez
Binary
Poem by: Derek Pena I felt a second heartbeat. It throbbed steadily, filling the gaps left by the first. The two rhythms fought against each other, but neither seemed to give in. I looked out into the vastness of space, finding nothing. Against the darkness, my chest appeared to glow. It was as if the … Continue reading Binary
Home
Poem by: Julia Garcia Apprehension, Anxiety, Worry, Fear bombard you like freezing rain. They soak you to your core, penetrating layer after layer as they chill you to your bones. They surround you from all sides and escape seems impossible. Until. You stand at the edge of a cliff, a precipice, a crossroads. A doorway. … Continue reading Home
Sentiment
Poem by: Nikita Patel Sadness comes like tidal waves with rolling wind and hazy eyesPain that lingers, lingers and lingers like the riveting fear of anger.The boiling cauldron of madness swirling in the salty night airMade from the fears and sorrows that build the bridges and damsOf the lives that we have evolved and the … Continue reading Sentiment
What’s Left
Poem by: Jacob SteinCopyedited by: Tara Kari Long days in the study rooms of Hume,Bike rides past the sewer smoke fumes,Classrooms full of sleepy-eyed students,Decals, of which TAPS saw prudent,Crowded stairwellsAnd teary-eyed farewellsThe raucous graduationsOf which the stadiumBecame Grand Central Station. Scooters and cars Jockeying for positionRacing to the barsTo exchange money for drinkOn their own … Continue reading What’s Left
Through Love’s Eyes
Written by: Hannah Powell With winds so blithe we’re off to float awayThrough crystal waves we’ll speed and heave the oarTo see the landscape rushing ocean sprayBetween us full of life to reach the shore A paradise so vast where lovers fledA place where joy and love could not containExcited souls entwined with jokes unsaidBounce … Continue reading Through Love’s Eyes
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